The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is making all-out efforts to speed up award and construction of highways and would bid out projects for 3,500 km by December.

"NHAI has invited bids for projects of 4,900 km till November, 2017, while bids for another 3,500 km are likely to be invited by December end, taking the total to 8,400 km," the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement.

Profitability or the return on equity for the highway monetisation contracts that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is offering to the concessionaires is 12-13% of the equity, according to a report by rating agency CRISIL.

equity IRR (internal rate of return) of the first bundle of highways being auctioned under the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model would range between 12% and 13%, based on NHAI's initial estimated concession value, an analysis by CRISIL Research shows. The level of bidding intensity will drive the final returns earned by the concessionaire," Crisil Research report said.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) may offer higher interest rate to physically challenged in its next bond issue, according to the Times of India.

Senior citizens, ex-servicemen, women and widowers could also be among the class of retail investors who will get the benefit.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is understood to be considering a change in wording of future contracts to avoid conflicts with road developers, such as the ongoing cases in which it has barred companies from bidding for future projects. NHAI’s executive committee held a meeting with the National Highway Builders Federation (NHBF) on Thursday during which NHAI agreed to consider NHBF’s suggestion to reconsider replacing the word “termination” with “cessation” or other similar words or phrases. In the ongoing case of developers who have been listed as defaulters and barred from bidding for future projects, the issue arose because developers had to invoke the termination clause, thereby getting themselves blacklisted by NHAI.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T), which was among companies barred from bidding for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) projects a fortnight back, sees an amicable solution to the row.

Meanwhile, it will continue to bid for projects that come along.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to hold a meeting of its executive committee on November 16 to discuss the way forward in the matter of road developers that have been listed as defaulters and barred from bidding for further projects. According to sources, the NHAI is expected to invite the National Highways Builders Federation (NHBF) for the meeting to give them the opportunity to discuss the grievances of their members.

NEW DELHI: The highways ministry on Thursday directed National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to put the show cause notices to developers in abeyance. NHAI had issued the notices to around 20 construction companies asking them to explain why they should not be barred from future projects for two-to-three years due to failure to complete the awarded projects. Highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday asked NHAI to review each case on its merit before taking "any further action".

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has replaced Subhash Chandra Garg, secretary in the department of economic affairs, on the board of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

The reorganisation of the NHAI board was made as part of the Cabinet approval for the ambitious Bharatmala programme.

Finally, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has come out with a tender to monetise road assets through toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model.

The government highway developer has released a Request for Proposal to attract private players to take up nine operational highway projects in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.

New Delhi: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to tweak its newly introduced project for monetizing public-funded national highways, also known as Toll-operate-Transfer (ToT) roads, to give Indian bidders a level playing field.

At present in the ToT model, a raft of toll roads would be auctioned for 30 years; potential buyers would have to make an upfront payment of around $1 billion, making it a challenge for Indian firms to bid.

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